Chuck Knipp puts on make-up as he transforms himself into the blackface character Shirley Q. Liquor, before performing at Fusion night club in Louisville, Ky.

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Derick Jones

Controversial comedian Chuck Knipp will bring one of the most copied catchphrases of his career to Shreveport on Friday when he takes the stage as alter ego Shirley Q. Liquor.

"Ms. Liquor," as Knipp refers to the character, is a black woman who got her kick-start in the mid-'90s on Southern talk radio. During a phone interview from his Orange, Texas, home, Knipp described the character's origins. ...